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2 Jun, 6 tweets, 4 min read
MUST WATCH: Comrade Mythili Sivaraman giving an interview and talking about her entry into the communist movement, the victories achieved, the difficulty in organizing in the present situation and how she is hopeful about the future.

On Patriarchy.
What the women's movement should do.
There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle.
Why the future is hopeful.
We are on the right side of history.

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23 May
What's happening in Lakshadweep? A thread.

Ever since former Gujarat MoS Home Minister and Modi's close confidant Praful Khoda Patel was appointed as Administrator late last year, he has taken the following repressive measures using the pandemic as cover:
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1. Changed the SoP in place that had resulted in 0 covid cases in Lakshadweep in all of 2020. Cases have sky rocketed since and 317 cases were reported just yesterday. Total of 22 deaths.

2. Arrest people who had erected anti-CAA/NRC boards earlier. 2/n
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3. Enact a Goonda Act when Lakshadweep has the lowest crime rate in the country. The people believe this is to target those protesting against union government policies.

4. Remove non-vegetarian items from the school food menu. 3/n
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18 May
Those who are now outraging on behalf of Comrade Shailaja Teacher are the same ones who would have asked whether she had any qualification to be a minister when she was appointed as one in the previous government.

She doesn't share your outrage as she has clear political aims. +
Her aims are not individual glory but working for the project of a communist party. The party needs an array of new leaders with mass appeal so that a sudden vacuum won't appear when the current leaders can no longer contribute.

Hence the importance given to new faces. +
A communist party gives primary importance to its programme unlike other bourgeois parties. And the program of CPI(M) is building a left and democratic front.

Widely popular leaders who did not contest this time, such as Comrade Thomas Isaac, are sure to contribute to this. +
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9 May
The Department of Women and Child Development in Kerala is running a campaign on Mother's Day and CMO Kerala has put up a post on Facebook.

Since the one on Twitter is too short and doesn't adequately convey the message, here's an English translation of the Facebook post. 👇🏾
There is a popular notion in society that a mother is someone who has to sacrifice for the sake of others. Ours is a male dominated society where the vestiges of feudal culture are still prevalent. Capitalism profits from exploiting gender inequality. +
The notion of the sacrificing mother is derived from the conservative value system that comes from these. The glorification of this conservative notion becomes a tool to encage the liberty and freedom of women. +
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8 May
Samyukta Kisan Morcha has decided that farmers unions in Punjab will oppose state-wide lockdown starting today. Media will no doubt begin demonizing farmers again. So before that:

Here's why complete lockdowns are only KILLING the poor and working class in India. A Thread.👇1/n
Every single move of the Modi Government post the imposition of the nation-wide lockdown last year has not been in controlling any pandemic, but in impoverishing and killing off the vast majority.

The billionaire class knows this is to their benefit. Let's see why.👇 2/n
More than a year ago when the lockdown was first announced, there was no preparation at all, no increase in health budget, no release of food grains

States weren't even allowed to dip into disaster funds to feed the people. Even GST dues were unpaid. 3/n
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27 Apr
Many are outraged at the abuses hurled by Prof. Seema Singh of IIT Kharagpur at her students in the preparatory course for SC/ST/PD candidates. And rightly so.

But ever stopped to think why this is so? How can a professor behave with such impunity?

Here's why. A Thread. 👇 1/n
Over the years, premier institutions of higher education have been built up as fiefdoms of upper caste faculty and students. Read The Caste of Merit for more.

But cracks have appeared in these 'agraharas' since the implementation of OBC reservations. 2/n
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When extension of 'mandal' reservations were announced in 2006, these fiefdoms erupted. 2500 IIT Roorkee students wrote a letter in protest to the President. Doctors went on strike. The PanIIT alumni organized a human-chain rally.

They called themselves Youth For Equality. 3/n
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26 Apr
Wait. What exactly happened in the space of 2 hours which made TN government make a U turn in their position in court and allow Vedanta to re-open their Sterlite plant, supposedly to produce oxygen?

Does DMK and Congress agree with this? Or have they been hoodwinked?
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Earlier today, according to TN government itself, Sterlite only had the capacity to produce 35mT liquid oxygen and even that wasn't suitable enough for medical needs.

CPI(M) had already made it clear that they were in favor only of the state taking over the plant and running it.
VCK and MDMK were not even invited to the supposed all-party meeting but BJP was (and they supported Vedanta). Why did DMK and Congress not disagree? Are they anticipating a truce with Vedanta in lieu of kickbacks?

Why are they not asking the state to take over the plant?
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